Department Laboratories
The Department has following Laboratories
- Strength of Materials/ Material Testing Laboratory
- Surveying Laboratory
- Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory
- Transportation Engineering Laboratory
- Environmental Engineering Laboratory
- Computer Aided Design Laboratory (CAD Lab)
- BT / NDT and Structural Engineering Lab
- Project lab
- Model Lab/ Project Lab B
- Civil Engineering Workshop
Lab Details
The department has well-equipped laboratories to run the UG and PG programs as per CUSAT & KTU Syllabi.
The objective of the strength of materials lab is to demonstrate the basic principles in the area of strength and mechanics of materials and structural analysis to the undergraduate students through a series of experiments. In this lab the experiments are performed to measure the properties of the materials such as impact strength, tensile strength, compressive strength, hardness etc.
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STRENGTH OF MATERIALS/ MATERIAL TESTING LABORATORY |
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List of Equipment |
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| 1 | Universal testing machine | 9 | Spring testing machine |
| 2 | Rockwell & Brinell hardness testing machine | 10 | Vibration table |
| 3 | Vicker’s hardness testing machine | 11 | Vicat apparatus |
| 4 | Impact testing machine | 12 | Rapid chloride penetration test apparatus |
| 5 | Torsion testing machine | 13 | Mixer machine |
| 6 | Compression testing machine | 14 | Needle vibrator |
| 7 | Slump & compaction factor apparatus | 15 | Permeability Apparatus |
| 8 | Flexural testing machine |
Surveying lab offers supplemental experience in fundamental land surveying measurement methods for surveying courses, including precision taping methods to perform horizontal measurements, traditional transits and digital theodolites to perform angular measurements, and traditional and automatic levels for elevation measurements. In addition, students have opportunity to use total station equipment, which enables horizontal, vertical, and angular measurements to be made in one operation.
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SURVEYING LABORATORY |
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List of Equipment |
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Chain 20M With 10 Arrows | 22 | Ediograph |
| 2 | Chain 30M With 10 Arrows | 23 | Hand Level |
| 3 | Ranging Rod -3M | 24 | Abney Level |
| 4 | Ranging Rod -2M | 25 | Clinometer |
| 5 | Cross Staff | 26 | Ceylon Ghat Tracer |
| 6 | Measuring Tape 30M | 27 | Box Sextant |
| 7 | Measuring Tape 20M | 28 | Substance Bar 3M With Target & Aluminium Telescopic Tripod |
| 8 | Prismatic Compass | 29 | Pentax Total Station With All Accessories |
| 9 | Surveyors Compass | 30 | LYNX Electronic Theodolite With Tripod |
| 10 | Mallet | 31 | LYNX ST 20E Theodolite With Stand |
| 11 | Wooden Peg | 32 | Measuring Tape 30M fibre glass |
| 12 | Plane Table Wth complete Accessories | 33 | Plane Table complete set |
| 13 | Dumpy Level 9” in Plastic Box With Tripod | 34 | Dumpy Level in Plastic Box With Aluminium Tripod |
| 14 | Dumpy Level12” in Wooden Box With Tripod | 35 | Total Station (Model TOPCORN) |
| 15 | Levelling Staff 4M Aluminium AL4T(NM) | 36 | Measuring Tape |
| 16 | Levelling Staff 5M Aluminium AL5T(NM) | 37 | Chain 20 m |
| 17 | Auto Level | 38 | Arrows wooden pegs pegs |
| 18 | Vernier Transit Theodolite 20sec Accuracy With Tripod | 39 | Cross Staff |
| 19 | Tripod Aluminium Export Quality | 40 | Measuring Tape |
| 20 | DPlanimeter | 41 | Digital level |
| 21 | Pentagraph | 42 | Garmin Etarx 30 – Hand Held GPS |
A typical geotechnical engineering laboratory helps in identifying the engineering behavior of soils and rocks. There are different physical, chemical and geotechnical properties determined in the laboratory that is required for identifying the geomaterials. This information is used by geotechnical engineer for designing the type of foundations, earthworks such as dams, embankments, tunnels, reservoirs, pavement subgrades, and specialized applications like waste containment systems. The preciseness of such design is entirely based on the experimental information obtained from a geotechnical laboratory. Therefore, geotechnical engineering laboratory has a great role to play in rendering the subsurface a safe and stable load bearing medium
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GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY |
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| 1 | Direct shear apparatus | 10 | UCC testing apparatus |
| 2 | Consolidation apparatus | 11 | Tri axial shear test apparatus |
| 3 | Permeability apparatus | 12 | Sieve shaker – gyratory motorised |
| 4 | Plastic limit apparatus | 13 | Lab Vane shear test apparatus |
| 5 | Liquid limit test apparatus | 14 | Hot Air Oven (bottom heated) |
| 6 | Shrinkage limit apparatus | 15 | Particle size distribution apparatus |
| 7 | Soil hydrometer | 16 | Standard Penetration test apparatus |
| 8 | Laboratory CBR test apparatus | 17 | In-situ vane shear test apparatus |
| 9 | Lynx pycnometer | 18 | Gyro-rotatory sieve shaker |
Transportation engineering applies scientific and technical knowledge to provide economical and efficient transportation service that meets societal needs while maintaining compatibility with environmental, energy and safety goals. The course provides both a broad awareness of transportation concepts and an understanding of scientific and technical knowledge to address transportation problems
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TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING LABORATORY |
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| 1 | Standard penetrometer | 9 | Density basket |
| 2 | Pensky-Martens Flash and Fire point test apparatus | 10 | Los Angeles Abrasion Testing Machine |
| 3 | Aggregate Crushing value test apparatus | 11 | Benkelman Beam Apparatus |
| 4 | Aggregate Impact value apparatus | 12 | Double walled lab Oven |
| 5 | Ring and ball apparatus (Electrically heated) | 13 | Electric Hot Plate |
| 6 | Ductility test apparatus | 14 | Dynamic cone penetrometer |
| 7 | Marshall stability apparatus | 15 | Brookfield viscometer |
| 8 | Centrifugal Extractor (Hand operated) | 16 | Merlin Apparatus |
Environmental engineering is a branch of civil engineering concerned with the application of scientific and engineering principles for: 1) protection of human populations from the effects of adverse environmental factors; 2) protection of environments, both local and global, from the potentially deleterious effects of natural and human activities; and, 3) improvement of environmental quality. The lab mainly consists of checking potable water standards, presence of heavy metals and other pollutants in water.
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ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY |
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| 1 | Turbidity meter model-331 | 8 | Chloroscope ampule type 0.1-5 ppm(12 Amps) |
| 2 | PH meter model L1-127 | 9 | Desicator plain pp/pa 200mm |
| 3 | BOD Incubator,stabilizer,cyclic timer and thermometer | 10 | Spectrophotometer |
| 4 | Incubator digital controller ins-5 | 11 | Hot plate with energy regulator |
| 5 | Flocculater model KFLO-2 | 12 | Oven with digital controller |
| 6 | Waterbath model WBD-1 | 13 | Air condenser |
| 7 | Muffle furnace | ||
The Objective of this lab is to introduce various CADD software (AutoCAD, Revit), softwares used for Analysis & design (Staad Pro, Ansys, NISA) and softwares used for planning & management( Primevera, MSP).
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COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN LABORATORY (CAD LAB) |
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List of Equipment |
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| 1 | Nisa Civil 16 | 6 | Primevera Contractor Standard |
| 2 | Autocad 2016 | 7 | Primevera P6 |
| 3 | Autocad Revit Architectural Suit | 8 | Ansys + Civil Fem 14.5 |
| 4 | Autodesk Inventor | 9 | Microsoft Project Professional |
| 5 | Staad Pro V8i | 10 | Revit 2016 |
Building technology and NDT lab explores ways to use design and technology to test various building parameters that contribute to a more humane, environmentally responsible and structurally stable built world. It allows the students to quantify the comfort conditions in a building using state of the art testing equipments. The lab also gives an insight into the structural conditions of a building without damaging it. Objective of Structural engg lab is to conduct experimental studies on model/prototype of structural elements and assemblies under various static and dynamic loading conditions.
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BT / NDT & STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING LAB |
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| 1 | Horizontal Shake table with eccentric Cam | 9 | Digital Anemometer |
| 2 | Horizontal Shake table with cylindrical Cam | 10 | Psycrometer |
| 3 | Vertical shake table | 11 | Hygrometer |
| 4 | Digital Storage Oscilloscope (2 channel – 50 MHz & 4 channel – 70 MHz) | 12 | Digital Lux meter |
| 5 | Vibration Absorption test set up | 13 | Ultrasonic Pulse velocity tester |
| 6 | Strain Measurement Kit (Strain Gauges, Strain Rossets (2 element& 3 element), Strain Indicators (5 channel)) | 14 | Concrete penetrometer |
| 7 | Rebound Test Hammer | 15 | Cup Anemometer |
| 8 | Sound level meter | ||
The department has a well equipped project laboratory for carrying out M.Tech and B.Tech Projects. The normal timing of the laboratory is from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. The lab shall function on holidays as per the requirement of students.
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PROJECT LAB |
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List of Equipment |
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| 1 | Sand Pouring cylinder large | 8 | Pressure guage |
| 2 | Bacteriological Incubator Digital controlled | 9 | Promivac vaccum pump |
| 3 | Rapid Chloride permeability test apparatus | 10 | Electronic weighing machine |
| 4 | Total station Topcon | 11 | I.S.Sieves 30cm dia |
| 5 | Concrete permeability test apparatus | 12 | Fiber glass container and valves |
| 6 | Benkelman Beam apparatus | 13 | Digital computarised UTM 100T capacity |
| 7 | Laboratory oven double walled | ||
The department has a well arranged model Lab (Project Lab B) with 35 number of exhibits. The exhibits cover the wide range of models prepared as part of student projects.
The Department has a well equipped Civil Engineering Workshop. The Workshop was established in the year 2015 with the advent of Kerala Technological University (KTU). The Workshop is intended to conduct the fundamental experiments in Civil Engineering. The workshop runs throughout the year for both Civil Engineering students and students from all other branches of Engineering
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CIVIL ENGINEERING WORKSHOP |
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List of Equipment |
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| 1 | Tape | 2 | Chain |
